Cuomo Announces Tappan Zee Funding, But Is Quiet on Tolls

An artist rendering of the span that will replace the Tappan Zee Bridge.

New York will receive a $1.6 billion loan to help pay for replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday morning, answering one key question and leaving another unanswered.

The state now knows how much the federal government will lend for the building of the $3.9 billion proposed structure. But Mr. Cuomo and his aides have declined to say how much they will seek to raise tolls on the bridge – or potentially across the state’s Thruway network – to pay for the rest of it.

“It’s everything we were looking for and more,” Mr. Cuomo told WCNY radio host Susan Arbetter Thursday morning, relaying the news of the loan approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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